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Lit Terms A Go-Go
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The light bulb goes off and you suddenly “get it.” Epiphany
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The author’s attitude toward the subject was serious Tone
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The phrase “his candle dancing in the draught of the ill-fitting window …” is an example of which type of figurative language? Personification
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The implication of a word Connotation
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Lit Terms A Go-Go A literary work that tells a story Narrative
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Lit Term A Go-Go A dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme. Tragedy
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Lit Term A Go-Go Graduating from high school is bittersweet Oxymoron
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Lit Term A Go-Go Seize the Day Carpe Diem
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Lit Terms A Go-Go She bought out the MAC counter just to have enough makeup for one day! Hyperbole
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Lit Terms A Go-Go War is Peace Paradox
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Lit Terms A Go-Go A death row pardon two minutes too late, and the audience is aware of it Dramatic Irony
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The story took place in Salinas Valley, California Setting
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Lit Terms A Go-Go Poetry with no restrictions Free verse
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Lit Terms A Go-Go In Elie Wiesel’s Night, the boy speaks of himself as “body, perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach.” Metaphor
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The FTD flower company incorporates Hermes and his Winged heels in their logo. Allusion
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The ship began to creak and protest as it struggled across the sea Personification
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Lit Terms A Go-Go An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned Archetype
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The literal meaning of a word Denotation
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Lit Terms A Go-Go A son says to his father, “The world revolves around me because I’m the sun.” Pun
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The smallest metrical unit Foot
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Lit Terms A Go-Go Scary Movie, Vampires Suck, and Animal Farm Satire
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Lit Terms A Go-Go “Whereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade, he bravely broached his boiling bloody breast.” Alliteration
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The bruise on her arm was purple at top, blue at center, and the size of a dime. Imagery
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Lit Terms A Go-Go Talking to a dead person Apostrophe
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Lit Terms A Go-Go Someone says to the most disgusting student in class, “Oh you’re God’s gift to women, you are!” Verbal Irony
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Lit Terms A Go-Go Doodle has lots of personality and descriptive qualities Round Character
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The Sniper changes at the end of the story Dynamic Character
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Lit Terms A Go-Go We had to make an inference that Madame Loisel was selfish due to her actions and words Indirect Characterization
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The girl told me, “She passed away last night” instead of “She was murdered.” Euphemism
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Lit Terms A Go-Go Iago and Othello serve as a contrast Foil
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Lit Terms A Go-Go Two rhyming lines identical in length and structure Couplet
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Lit Terms A Go-Go When the perspective is all-knowing and the reader is aware of what all the characters are thinking Omniscient
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Lit Terms A Go-Go An example from Othello would be “Appearances can be deceiving.” Theme
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Lit Terms A Go-Go Words like pow, bang, and splash Onompatopoeia
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Lit Terms A Go-Go The person the reader is rooting for in the story Protagonist
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Lit Terms A Go-Go Two consecutive stories going on at the same time Subplot
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Lit Terms A Go-Go A three-line poem with 5-7-5 syllables Haiku
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Lit Terms A Go-Go A fourteen line poem Sonnet
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Lit Terms A Go-Go Writing that uses I, me, and myself First Person
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Lit Terms A Go-Go A heart represents love Symbol
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Lit Terms A Go-Go Ms. Smith, my History tutor Epithet
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